More words related to graffiti

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Word Origin & History

graffiti 1851, for ancient wall inscriptions found in the ruins of Pompeii, from It. graffiti, pl. of graffito "a scribbling," a dim. formation from graffio "a scratch or scribble," from graffiare "to scribble." Sense extended 1877 to recently made crude drawings and scribbling.

Example Sentences for graffiti

The spark appears to have been the arrest of more than a dozen teenagers last week for painting anti-regime graffiti on a wall.

Gang graffiti is one of the best indications of gang territory and which gangs are at war with one another.